MARCH 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY RFK Jr. Allows States to Ban Soft Drink Purchases With Food Stamps

RFK Jr. Allows States to Ban Soft Drink Purchases With Food Stamps
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

announced Friday that the Trump administration had granted permission to West Virginia to ban the use of federal food assistance dollars to buy soft drinks. At an event in Martinsburg, WV, RFK Jr. gave West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey a first-of-its-kind waiver to permit the ban and had a message for the rest of the country: “Apply for a waiver to my agency, and we’re going to give it to you.” RedState